Calmage Sermon By Rev. PranH De Wltt Talmntfe. D. D. Ix&amp;gt;s Angeles. OaL, May 'JJ Tho prcs eut sin of covetousness. its ^. logical progrcssion and culmimition. is today the tlieuie of the prencher. Tbe text is Joshua vll. m\ "And all Israel stoned him with stones." Kew people have any ndequate con reptlon of the wealth and the luxury of the ancient peoples of the eaat Bver and anon ln our own dny the newspa pers contaln accounts of the fuolish ex travagances of the tscions of wealthy famllles, who ahow even groater genius ln their abllity to dissipnte aml BaatSW their enoruious fortunes thaa their an cestors dUl in the accuiuulntion of their Venlth. lty frequent repetltkw so pro aale and commoaplaco have these nc Icoaata beeouie that speclal trains. prl vate yachts nud banquet* oostlag ten and even twcnty tbooaaod dolhirg for a few aoascttd friends ittract the laaaV ers of the muny nowspapera hardly tnore than a partlaag aotleai Bat araa the wildest extrnva^auces of modern ...

Calmage Sermoti By Rev. Frank Be Witt Ttlmatfe. D. D. Bf-?-'aa ix&amp;gt;8 aaaaataa, Cai, May Mt in this ?anaaa for Maaaorlal day tL&amp;lt;* preaefet* pleads for Justice and NCOgoltaoa for taaaa who, tboaga arearias no uni foruia and bearing no weapons. y?t aerved their country in Its crisis as falthfully and patriotlcally as over did soMler at the front of tho battlO line. Tbe text is Mnttbew xlx. 90. "Many that are lirst aball he last, and tbe laat ahall be tirst." From time immemorial nntions hnvc lionoral their mllitary lakflalaa All Carthage knelt in reveroueo before tlM touibs of llaniiloar and llatinibai. All Sweden honors the sacred dust of OIus tnvus Adolphus and of Marshal Herna dotte. who afterward useeuded the throne as Klag Otaarfea xiv. aii Qar* uiany rararai Haa aaaaa of Fredartek the Qiaat nnd Count von Moltkc. All italy ptafaaa QarJbaafti and Vtcftat Emmanuel. Ia Boajaad the Dafca of Weiiington aad bord Kaptat atoep within st. PaaTa eathadral aadar tbe nios...

?uf Virrjinia Crtwm DEMOCKAT1C WKKRLY. BUBSCHirriON. $1 ayear.iuadvance W. McVONALO LEK, KDITOK. All commiinicatioiia or busim-an l.ttrrs ?hould beaddreesvd to the Vikoima Citixkn. Irvinjttou. Va., to rweitra prompl atteutlon Frlday, June 17, liMM. CONVENTION BIDSLIOti rs. ThegreatStateConventiou haiCQawe and gone, for the control of which a quiet but intenae battle h.ul b*M waged within the party throughout this State for many weeks. The re 8ult waa overwheltningly decisive. and tliia waa kuow:i utany days \n~ fore the assembling of the Pemo cratic hosta in Kichmond city. The day before the Convention the papers of that city?which areanything but ftieudly to the Martin or dominant elemeut in the party?conceded the organization of the Convention over whelmingly to the friends of Senator Martin. Theae papers began to wara and threaten if certaiti things were not doue, and oue in a very childiah manner urged that Cover uor Montague, at the mercy of the oppoaition, be not alighted. Thi...

Calmage Sermon By Rev. Frank De WItt Tilma.c, D. D. Los Angelc*. Cal., June 1J In this aeruion the loviiiK care of Qod iu de.il Ing with his eblldren and the way iu whieb be flts them for tbe battle of life are graphkally describod under tbe almilitude of tbe eagle and its young. Tbe text Is Heuteronoiny xxxii. 11, "As the eagle stirroth up ber nesi." Tbe wtir guddoss has erow ned tli*-* ea? gle "moharcb of the nlr." His throne Is the inuecesslble ellff. his iliadeui tbe ooontlde aun. bls feotatool the moru ing clouda. his playgrouod the vast ex paaaa of inrlnlte spaee. His keonness of eye. bolduess of tlight, sharpness of ciavv. mereiless destruet ivcnes.s of heak, eaaaa him to t&amp;gt;?- fteadeol b. raoaatatn ous lands, aa tho huge jaus and povv erful c!aw8 of the lion caaae hiui to be dreaded Ia the Aflrtcaa foreeta But. though tbe eagle 1ms been cnlled tbe momirch of tbe alr. :is tbe ttOO has 1'tvn cnlled the monnrih of the ftVIds. yet the en?le. like tbe lion. never had ro...

Calmage Sermon By Rev. Prank De Witt Talmatfe. D. D. T?s Augelos, Cnl., June IA Not ln the llt?*ral but ln tho IgoagtlfJO doos thc- pfeaeaac ioal with this un usiial text by drawing thc bfOOd daO tiuctlon between the life that is ln spired hy u love of all that is nol.li&amp;gt; an.l pure nnd one that has 0008000 dcgradod and brutal through the indulgeneo of seitlab passlons. Tlu* text is Kovela tion xxii. ir&amp;gt;. "Witiitiut orodaga." "I never eould sympathi/e with thp slur which the Bible eoata upon my cuulne friends." once said an old uaii 00 me. "St. John in that pooOOgg of Scripture, 'Without ure d&amp;lt;&amp;gt;?s." 000000 feO aoaogfo the dog aa 1 dospisc the buz zard or tho hyena. Bo 000001 to ple ture the Infernal rcgions as the only suitahie poaeo for taetar keaaeJo. Bo aOOfcoaatOO their eoinpaniouship for man to be n hmniliation an.l I dogra dation. Now, ln contmst t?&amp;gt; that as aertlon. I have far 00010 NOpoot for an hon.'st dog than I have fo...